Lacing.



No. 818,991. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906. S. C. ABRAMSON.

LAGING.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE22.1905.

@vena-2?@ NITED sfrArEs iffiirENr oEErcE.

SHERMAN O. ABRAMSON, OF ENGLEWOOD, NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HUGO L. HILLER, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

LACING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed Tune 22, 1905. Serial No. 266,371.

To m/ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHERMAN C. ABRAM- sON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ot Englewood, in the county ol Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lacings, of which the Vfollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a 'flat lacing with a transverse tib whereby the lacing is prevented Afrom being unintentionally withdrawn after it has been inserted through the eyelets of the article in connection with which it is used, and in which the end of the lacing is prevented from fraying out and in which the lacing is caused t0 present a very handsome and neat appearance.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents in perspective a flat lacing having inyimproved tips thereon, a portion o'lz the lacing intermediate its ends being broken away. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the metallic stitl'ening-piece and. one end oi' the lacing in connection with which the piece is interlocked to form the transverse tip, and Fig. 3 is an eX- aggerated transverse section through the tip to show one way of interlocking the stitl'eningpiece with the body of the lacing.

The tlat lacing is denoted as a whole by 1.

'l'ransverse tips 2 are provided at the ends of the lacing, which tips extend the full width of the body of the lacing and in the present instance are formed as follows: A sti'fl'eningpiece 3 is provided which may consist of sheet metal ot' the desired shape and size, which stitl'ening-piece is arranged to be interlocked with the end ol the body of the lacing-as, 'for instance, by foldng the stiPfening-piece and lacing together to form a substantially lound tip, as shown in Fig. 3.

To insert the lacing through an eyclet, the body of the lacing adjacent to the tip may be crushed around the tip to bring the same into a substantially longitudinal position. After the lacing has been inserted through the eyelet it may be flattened out, thus bringing the tip again into its position transverse to the lacing.

lt will be seen that a lacing' provided with a transverse tip, as above described, may be readily inserted through an eyelet and after it has been inserted therctlu-ough cannot be withdrawn unintentionally. liurtherniore, it will also be seen that a very thin tip can be used, so that at a short distance it is scarcely perceptible. It may thus be used in connection with lacings for people who wish to wear' laeings without tips and who have usually cut otl` the tips alter the lacing has been passed through the eyelets. lt will furtherniore be seen that this tip prevents the lacing from i'raying at its end, thus causing the lacing to retain an attractive appearance at all times.

l/Vhat I claim ise- A flat lacing having at its end a transversely disposed stillening piece permanently secured to the body of the lacing, the said stifYening-piece serving to hold the lacing laterally distended.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing my invention l have signed my name, presence ol` two witnesses, this 20th day Julie, 1905.

SHERMAN C. ABRAi\lS(Y)N.

lVitnesses: l

FREDK. HAYNEs, HENRY THIEME.

1n of 

